- Theodore Roosevelt was the main reason for such a huge society change. He had one goal, to look out for the welfare of all the people, not just the wealthy.
- The Elkins act was just another act for the Federal money to get money, this act put heavy taxes on railroads that offered rebates and upon the shippers receiving the rebates.
- The Jungle Written by Upton Sinclair gave you a behind the scene look at what was really going on in the meat factories. He told of gruesome stories about people loosing their body parts, people scraping food off the ground and putting it in cans, and about different parts of animals that should never be eating being turned into sausage. It also talked about the lives of the immigrants who came to america for a better life.
- AMENDMENT XVIThe - Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
- AMENDMENT XVIIThe Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the Senate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, that the legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.